Police Find Six Inches of Cat Feces Covering Floors of Des Moines Home

DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines Police describe an east side home as one of the worst they’ve ever entered. Officers were called to a home in the 800 block of E. Morton Avenue on Wednesday afternoon to investigate a strong ammonia scent. Animal control officers say the source of the smell was obvious as they approached the home: animal waste. Inside the home officers found dozens of cats, some of them dead, living in filth. Officers estimate that six […]...